The power of a changing earnings picture in determining near-term stock price movements makes the Zacks rating system highly useful for individual investors, since it can be difficult to make decisions based on rating upgrades by Wall Street analysts. These are mostly driven by subjective factors t...
PG&E appears a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release. An Industry Player's Expected Results Fortis (FTS), another stock in the Zacks Utility - Electric Powe...
I am rectifying that oversight today and issuing a warning on PCG stock. Digging into a report bytheJournal, I noticed a key part of the settlement agreement: “PG&E will pay half of the $13.5 billion in cash and half in stock…” Did you catch that? “Half in stock.” There are tw...
For instance, a stock with a #4 (Sell) or #5 (Strong Sell) rating, even one that boasts Scores of A and B, still has a downward-trending earnings forecast, and a much greater likelihood its share price will decline as well. Thus, the more stocks you own with a #1 or #2 Rank a...
UtilityPG&E's stock lost another 10% today, adding to a series of recent declines. Beyond the concerns the company has faced about its potential liability due to its equipment sparking major wildfires in California, PG&E also took a dramatic hit to its financial strength when Standard & Poor'...
there has been strong agreement among the sell-side analysts covering the stock in raising earnings estimates for the current year. Over the last 30 days, the consensus EPS estimate for PCG has increased 0.2%. And an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions usually translates into price appr...
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